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GAO has examined the extent to which PART has influenced allocations in the president’s budget, as have Gilmour and Lewis (2006). The focus here is different, looking instead at how programs have responded to PART, and the experiences of program- and bureau-level staff in dealing with its demands. PART and Performance Budgeting PART is a key element in President Bush’s broader push to expand performance budgeting. Performance budgeting is not just a federal challenge. It is not easy to do at any level of government, but it holds promise for solving the fundamental challenge of budgeting—knowing where to direct scarce resources for maximum public benefit.
Yet EPA points out the problems with holding them accountable for end outcomes. Many EPA programs have statutory designs that limit their authority to achieve their mission. Consequently, there are important sources of pollution that they cannot regulate. For example, EPA has no authority over local zoning and land use decisions, even though local decisions have an important impact on water pollution. These are limitations created by Congress, and unlikely to change. End outcome measures are very useful, but they are not possible to devise or appropriate to use in all circumstances.
Programs given grades of results not demonstrated have overall scores ranging from a low of 11 to a high of 83. 2 25 Converting Scores to Grades Numerical Score 85–100 70–84 50–69 0–49 Grade Effective Moderately Effective Adequate Ineffective gram in the Interior Department, the highest score—a 97—is held by the Inspector General Oversight of Federal Health Benefits (FEHBP) program in the Office of Personnel Management. Scores and grades are not just for show: An important goal is to link budget decisions with assessments of outcomes and overall program quality, although OMB is also clear that these assessments are not the only factor in budget decisions.